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Creating Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs), MATLAB Version 7.7 (R2008b)

New features and changes introduced in this version are:

• Undocumented Functions Removed

• Handle Graphics Not Supported Under -nojvm Startup Option

• New Menu Options to Hide or Show GUIDE Toolbar and Status Bar

• GUIDE Status Bar Now Shows Tag Property of Selected Object

• Four New Major GUI Examples

Undocumented Functions Removed

The following set of deprecated functions, all of which were previously undocumented, have been removed. Alternatives to most of them exist, which are described.

• axlimdlg — No alternative

• cbedit — No alternative

• clruprop — Use rmappdata instead

• ctlpanel — No alternative

• edtext — Set text object's Editing property

• extent — Get text object's Extent property

• getuprop — Use getappdata instead

• hidegui — Set figure's HandleVisibility property

• hthelp — Use web instead

• layout — No alternative

• matq2ws — Combine save + load or uisave + uiload

• matqdlg — Combine save + load or uisave + uiload

• matqparse — Combine save + load or uisave + uiload

• matqueue — Combine save + load or uisave + uiload

• menubar — The string 'none'

• menuedit — No alternative

• pagedlg — Use pagesetupdlg instead

• setuprop — Use setappdata instead

• umtoggle — Set uimenu's Checked property

• wizard — Use guide instead

• ws2matq — Combine save + load or uisave + uiload

Compatibility Considerations

If you have developed M-code that uses any of the above undocumented functions, you must remove such calls or replace them with other code, as suggested within the above bullets.

Handle Graphics Not Supported Under -nojvm Startup Option

If you start MATLAB with matlab -nojvm (which disables Java) you will receive a warning when you attempt to create or load figures, open GUIs, print, or capture figures using getframe. For more information, see Changes to -nojvm Startup Option in the Desktop Tools and Development Environment release notes.

New Menu Options to Hide or Show GUIDE Toolbar and Status Bar

Two new menu options in GUIDE let you hide/show the GUIDE toolbar and status bar. By default both are visible, but you can deselect Show Toolbar, Show Status Bar, or both from the View menu to make the layout area larger.

Compatibility Considerations

The GUIDE Preferences option Show Toolbar is no longer available. Use Show Toolbar from the GUIDE View menu instead.

GUIDE Status Bar Now Shows Tag Property of Selected Object

The GUIDE Layout Editor now shows the Tag property of any object you select, in the left corner of the status bar that runs along its bottom. This display saves you from having to open the Property Inspector to read Tag names. Information in the status bar is read-only; you still need to use the Property Inspector to change a component's Tag.

Four New Major GUI Examples

The Creating Graphical User Interface documentation has four new extensive examples of building GUIs with GUIDE and programmatically. All of them feature uitables, a feature introduced in R2008a, and all the GUIs plot data. The new examples are:

• A Working GUI with Many Components (GUIDE)

• GUI for Animating a 3-D View (GUIDE)

• GUI to Interactively Explore Data in a Table (GUIDE)

• GUI that Displays and Graphs Tabular Data (programmatic)

This release includes FIG- and M-files for all these examples. The documentation discusses many of their callbacks and includes hyperlinks to code in the M-files.

Graphics and 3-D Visualization, MATLAB Version 7.7 (R2008b)

External Interfaces/API, MATLAB Version 7.7 (R2008b)

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